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Somebody tell this moron that Indians have been eating Tandoori Chicken since 5000 years, long before the fathers of Mughals were born.
Mud plastered Tandoor ovens & polutry bones were found in Kalibangan dating back to 2500 BC.
It was a delicacy in Indus valley civilization.
Poultry bones*
Archaeologist Vasant Shinde,who was recently in news for carrying out work on Rakhigarhi samples, says that Chicken tandoor seems to have originated in ancient Harappan civilization around 2500 BC. Published in archeological newsletter (April-May 2017)
intach.org
Only a moron of highest order would claim Mughalai Paratha is a gift of Mughals.
The only thing that is Mughal about "Mughalai Paratha" is the name. Parathas were known in India long before Mughals invaded India. They are mentioned in King Someshvara's book Manollasa (c.1130 CE)
In the original homeland of Mughals, Mongolia, nobody has ever made a paratha. Nobody has ever heard of it. How can it be a gift og Mughals?
The word "Paratha" itself is derived from a combination of two sanskrit words according to etymology dictionary of John Platts
The word "Mughalai Paratha" is not attested anywhere until 18 century. It got its name because elite Hindustani Muslims of Gangetic basin, whom Hindus of Bengal and Bihar used to refer to as "Mughalai", became fond of eating a non vegetarian version of paratha

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